The Aged Scot’s Brewery

Well, well, what next will this man do,

This aged Scot whom all of you

Have read about before I ween,

This harmless bard of Aberdeen.

Let’s take him as we knew him first,

Before he sought to quench our thirst

With his cool drink which is the rage,

A harmless summer beverage.

We found him first with coal and wood,

And numerous bills both bad and good.

And then we saw he was a bard

Composing poems by the yard.

Ere long we learned that he could cope

With B. T. Babbit making soap.

But now he’s capped it all for sure,

He’s grown to “Beer” Western brewer.

“A harmless little tonic”, his,

But still it has the usual fizz!

And tho’ it’s naught but roots and hops

The combination causes “pops”!

July 6, ‘91

                -  Original crossed out.

                      -  See also ‘The Aged Scot’, Nov. 1, 1891

Benjamin Talbot Babbitt (May 1, 1809 – October 20, 1889) was a self-made American businessman and inventor who amassed a fortune in the soap industry, manufacturing Babbitt's Best Soap.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_T._Babbitt